Agrindex

Agrindex
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 780
Release: 1994
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Tropical Freshwater Wetlands

Tropical Freshwater Wetlands
Author: H. Roggeri
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401583986

Wetlands could be described as land and water at Tropical wetlands: one and the same time, and as such are very specific on the brink ecosystems. Their often rich variety of resources makes them highly valuable to the peoples who live With a few exceptions (like the Everglades in the or regularly stay in them. However, access to them United States), the last remaining large wetlands are to be found in developing countries. Perhaps this can is difficult and those unaware of their services be explained by insufficient financial resources, frequently associate wetlands with such nuisances and calamities as mosquitos, disease, floods, impen lower popUlation density or a different concept of etrable wastelands, etc. As a result these areas are development and well-being. Whatever the reasons, often perceived as obstacles to human development many tropical wetlands still exist and support the and well-being. subsistence of many communities. But for how much History reflects these two views. Wetlands may longer? have been the cradle of great civilizations (like the During the last few decades tropical wetlands Maya, Inca, Aztec, Nilotic and Mesopotamian have also been destroyed or considerably altered. Dams and embankments now prevent water from civilizations), but elsewhere their destruction allowed other societies to develop. For example the Nether spreading into the floodplains of several rivers, like lands literally 'emerged from the waters' thanks to the Senegal, Volta and Nile.

Freshwater Biodiversity in Asia

Freshwater Biodiversity in Asia
Author: Maurice Kottelat
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780821338087

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 337. Draws on household survey data from 87 rural villages in Bangladesh to examine the contribution that government family planning programs, as well as other health care interventions, have made toward the recent reduction in fertility by increasing contraceptive use and reducing infant mortality. The paper suggests that the programs have been effective and finds that targeted credit program placement, such as the Grameen Bank and the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), contributed to the effort as well.

Berita

Berita
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1993
Genre: Brunei
ISBN: